{"id":2167,"date":"2016-01-21T15:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2016-01-21T15:24:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T15:24:02","slug":"fiction-heroes-in-norwegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/fiction-heroes-in-norwegian\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction Heroes in Norwegian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Duck has been popular in Norway for decades\u2026 Photo from the M\u00f8llehaugen playground May 17th National Day Parade, Trondheim, 1955. (Photo courtesy of the Municipal Archives of Trondheim at Flickr<\/a>, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Har du sett den nye Star Wars-filmen?<\/b> (Have you seen the new SW movie?) Ever since nytt\u00e5r<\/b> (New Year) I\u2019ve been wanting to do a post for all the Star Wars fans out there! But I hate to say it \u2013 besides lyssabel<\/b> (light sabre) and M\u00e5 kraften v\u00e6re med deg!<\/b> (May the force be with you!) there isn\u2019t a lot of Star Wars vocabulary in Norwegian: the Jedi<\/i> is jedien<\/b>, Princess Leia<\/i> is prinsesse Leia<\/b>, Luke Skywalker <\/i>is \u2026 Luke Skywalker.<\/p>\n

The good<\/i> thing is: Lots of names from American (and English) popular culture have<\/i> got a Norwegian makeover! (Makes the world a bit more interesting, doesn\u2019t it?) Below you can see some of the most important ones \u2013 feel free to add comments if I\u2019ve forgotten anything! \ud83d\ude42 Ever since WW2 or so Norwegian children have been growing up with Disney \u2013 as you can see by the number of Disney-related names. (Of course Transparent Language<\/em> is not affiliated with Disney or any other concern!) Fun fact: While lots of Americans love Mikke Mus <\/b>(Mickey Mouse), Donald Duck<\/b> (yes, just like that) is the popular one in Norway! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Ole Brum<\/b> \u2013 Winnie-the-Pooh (brum<\/b> is the sound a bear makes)
\nPusur<\/b> \u2013 Garfield (the cat; pus<\/b> means puss<\/i>)
\nTommy og Tigern <\/b>(\u201dTommy and th\u2019 Tiger\u201d) \u2013 Calvin and Hobbes
\nLynvingen<\/b> (\u201dLightning Wing\u201d) \u2013 Batman (in the new films he\u2019s just called Batman<\/b>, though!)<\/p>\n

Andeby<\/b> \u2013 Duckburg
\nDonald Duck<\/b>
\nDolly Duck <\/b>\u2013 Daisy Duck
\nOnkel Skrue<\/b> \u2013 Uncle Scrooge
\nOle, Dole og Doffen<\/b> \u2013 Huey, Dewey and Louie
\nFetter Anton<\/b> (\u201dCousin Anton\u201d) \u2013 Gladstone Gander
\nPetter Smart<\/b> \u2013 Gyro Gearloose
\nMagica fra Tryll<\/b> (\u201dM. from Conjure!\u201d) \u2013 Magica De Spell
\nb-gjengen<\/b> [beh YENGen] (\u201dthe B gang\u201d) \u2013 Beagle Boys<\/p>\n

Mikke Mus<\/b> \u2013 Mickey Mouse
\nMinni Mus<\/b> \u2013 Minnie Mouse
\nPluto<\/b>
\nSnipp og Snapp<\/b> \u2013 Chip’n Dale
\nLangbein<\/b> (\u201dLongbone\u201d) \u2013 Goofy<\/p>\n

Ringenes Herre<\/b> \u2013 The Lord of the Rings
\nGandalv<\/b> \u2013 Gandalf
\nBilbo Lommelun<\/b> (B. \u201dPocketsnug\u201d) \u2013 Bilbo Baggins
\nHobittun<\/b> (\u201dHobbit Farmyard\u201d) \u2013 The Shire<\/p>\n

And finally, to show that Norwegians aren\u2019t exclusively<\/i> influenced by the English-speaking world, a couple of Swedish children\u2019s heroes\u2026 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Emil fra L\u00f8nneberg<\/b> \u2013 Emil i L\u00f6nneberga =<\/i> Emil of L\u00f6nneberga
\nPippi Langstr\u00f8mpe <\/b>\u2013 Pippi L\u00e5ngstrump <\/i>= Pippi Longstocking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Har du sett den nye Star Wars-filmen? (Have you seen the new SW movie?) Ever since nytt\u00e5r (New Year) I\u2019ve been wanting to do a post for all the Star Wars fans out there! But I hate to say it \u2013 besides lyssabel (light sabre) and M\u00e5 kraften v\u00e6re med deg! (May the force be…<\/p>\n

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